Chapter 4246 Wolf Blood (Part 1)

What people always left out when explaining how the Dead King managed to stay hidden for so long was the sheer scale of his power.

Orpal was a Divine Beast backed by a small army of skilled, semi-loyal Awakened who protected him because protecting him also protected their own interests.

On top of that, he was bonded to one of the most powerful relics on Mogar and possessed a mage tower.

From time to time, wanderers or hunters would get close enough to stumble near his fortress, but they were always discovered long before they noticed anything suspicious.

The Dead King had the resources to capture intruders, interrogate them about their intentions and how they had found him, then stage their deaths close enough to their last known location to avoid suspicion, yet far enough from his hideout to keep attention away from it.

The Awakened targeting the Verhens possessed nothing remotely close to that level of strength or manpower.